A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.
- Director
- Writers
- Richard Holmes(inspired by the book 'Falling Upwards' by)
- Tom Harper(story by)
- Jack Thorne(story by)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Richard Holmes(inspired by the book 'Falling Upwards' by)
- Tom Harper(story by)
- Jack Thorne(story by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 11 nominations
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- Director
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- Richard Holmes(inspired by the book 'Falling Upwards' by)
- Tom Harper(story by)
- Jack Thorne(story by) (screenplay by)
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Inside the Movie Magic of 'The Aeronauts'
Inside the Movie Magic of 'The Aeronauts'
We fly behind the scenes of The Aeronauts to find out how director Tom Harper and his team brought the incredibly detailed world to life.
Storyline
In 1862, pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) teams up with daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Rennes (Felicity Jones) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world, they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
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- Inspired by a True Adventure
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- Certificate
- PG
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaJames Glaisher was a real English meteorologist who is remembered for his pioneering work as a balloonist. Between 1862 and 1866 he made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at its highest levels. With his co-pilot aeronaut Henry Tracey Coxwell, they broke the world record for altitude on September 5, 1862. Coxwell is omitted from the film, and replaced with the fictional Amelia Wren. The Wren character draws some inspiration from various real women most significantly Sophie Blanchard, a French aeronaut who was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist between 1804 and her death in 1819.
- GoofsSeveral characters seem to address the widowed Amelia as Miss Wren, which is her maiden name, instead of Mrs Rennes. However, since the French name Rennes is pronounced exactly the same as the English name Wren, they could very well be saying the correct name.
- Quotes
Amelia Wren: You don't change the world simply by looking at it, you change it through the way you choose to live in it.
- Crazy creditsDuring the opening credits, many of the Os in people's names slowly rise, as if symbolizing a balloon elevating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in CTV News at 11:30 Toronto: Episode dated 8 September 2019 (2019)
- SoundtracksThe Aeronauts Waltz
Written by Jack Arnold
Performed by Warren Zielinski, Martyn Jackson, Robert Ames, David Cohen, Leon Bosch, Paul Edmund-Davies
Courtesy of Amazon Content Services LLC
Top review
Fem-Aeronaut :An aspiring true story ? or re-imagined with a "fictional women hero" ,Erasing a heroes story, one mans life story.
This film was worth watching, but would challenge even the best director to capture such an inspiring story.However the true hero has been removed from this story. Why does this film not do justice to the true story, why is it full of hot air. The direction this film takes is good but, it starts of a little slow. This was such a triumphant moment in history discovering temperatures and humidity in upper atmosphere whilst breaking the world record. The question is why create Amelia Wren in The Aeronauts, she was "fictional", a character invented by screenwriter Jack Thorne. She is based on Henry Tracey Coxwell (a man), who saved Glaisher's life after the meteorologist passed out on their record-breaking ascent into the sky. Two men made history only for a complete idiot to omit their story, are we going to make a movies where women were first on moon just to sell tickets.
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- Mar 19, 2020
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- Gross worldwide
- $3,485,251
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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